Worthless Reflections: St. Patrick's Day
I don't understand it.. Why is it, that people in America(and elsewhere?), especially those of Irish descent, celebrate St. Patrick's Day with such vigour? Does anybody actually know the meaning of this holiday?
Patrick was a Pagan man, converted to monkhood. He was so intrigued by his newly experienced leap of faith, that he took on the task of becoming a missionary.. Eventually he ended up converting many other Pagans to Christianity and the rest were ultimately driven out of Ireland, or fled into the mountains and forests..Thus becoming a saint in Christian mythology..
What about the Celts and other Pagans that were converted or driven away? The Celts had already been driven out of most of the other British Isles, and now they are being forced to give up their religion or cower into hiding.. What strikes me as odd is that the Irish people of America celebrate this traitor to their roots for no other reason than that the festival originated in their great x "N" grandparents lost homeland.
What about the snakes he supposedly made flee, you ask?!.. Well, there were no snakes. The "snakes" were snakes only to the Christians. So, since it it obvious that Pagans are treated as worshippers of evil, even in today's society and the Christian's symbol for evil just happens to be a snake, the Pagans eventually became known as such. And, over time, St. Patrick became known as a man who was able to drive the serpentine plague from the countryside.. rather than the man who, driven by religious intolerance, condemned his fellow human beings and heritage to retreat to the dark forests and mountains of Christian Ireland..
Please feel free to flame me for ruining your falsely motivated holiday..
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